News Report 10th September
2007
Local athletes took to the road this
week, as they tackled three road races over the classic racing distances of
10k, Half-Marathon and Full-Marathon.
A quartet
of local athletes tackled the shortest distance as they travelled to Caernarfon
to compete in the 14th Peak Caernarfon 10k Challenge. In a race won by Gwyn
Owen (Eryri Harriers) in a time of 31.59mins, the first of the local contingent
home was Gwyn Jones of Pwllheli in 43.07mins. The next local finisher was
Frankie Vaughan, the Meironnydd Running Club athlete crossing the finishing
line in 45.14mins. The third local finisher was Sheila Jones of Pwllheli in a
time of 50.46mins whilst her Bro Dysynni team-mate, Brenda Jones followed in
54.47mins, a time which also ensured category victory in the female over-65
section.
Whilst most
athletes would put their feet up to rest after a race, Brenda Jones of
Llanelltyd was back in action, on this occasion as part of a trio of Bro
Dysynni's exceptionally strong female veteran section at the ASICS Severn Trent
Water Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon. A time of 1hr 55.28mins ensured category
victory for the Llanelltyd-based athlete in the female over-65 section.
Team-mate Marj Griffiths followed in a time of 2hrs 07.17mins, to claim 4th
place in the female over-60 section whilst Sheila Symonds of Dolgellau
continued her prolific racing season as she completed the event in 2hrs
41.09mins to claim 2nd place in the female over-70 section.
The local
athlete tackling the longest event was Rebecca Dalimore, formerly of Dolgellau.
She tackled her inaugural full marathon at the Moray Marathon, a 26.1 mile race
based in-and-around the town of
A.Unwin